Customs Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1947. No..

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901-1936.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Customs Act 1901-1936.

Dated this twenty-second day of October, 1947.

W. J. McKell

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Sgd.) BEN COURTICE

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

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Amendments of the Customs Regulations.

1. After regulation 31 of the Customs Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Notification of arrival.

“31a. The master of every ship and the pilot of every aircraft arriving from overseas shall give to the Customs officer in charge of the port or aerodrome three hours’ notice of his expected time of arrival at the first stopping place in the Commonwealth.”.

2. Regulation 32 of the Customs Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Inwards reports of ships and aircraft.

“32.—(1) The report required by section 64 of the Act shall be in accordance with Form 1 (Ships) or Form 1a (Aircraft). Application to amend the inward manifest report of a vessel shall be in accordance with Form 2. A list of stores shall be furnished with Form l and shall be in accordance with Form 3. A list of aircraft stores, where required, shall be shown on Form 1a. A list of customable articles and opium owned by the master, officers and crew of the ship or aircraft shall also accompany Form 1 and 1a and shall be in accordance with Form 5.

“(2) Where stores are consumed in Australian ports or in Australian waters or between Australian aerodromes, particulars of all stores so consumed shall, where required, be furnished by the Master of the ship or the Pilot of the aircraft on Form 3 or in such form as the Collector directs.”.

Entries outward of ship or aircraft.

3. Regulation 99 of the Customs Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(2) The entry of an aircraft outwards shall be in accordance with Form 1a.”.

868.—Price 3d. 15/29.8.1947.

4. Regulation 101 of the Customs Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Outward manifest of ships and aircraft.

“101.—(1) The outward manifest of a ship shall be in accordance with Form 39.

“(2) The outward manifest of an aircraft shall be in accordance with Form 1a.”.

5. Regulation 103 of the Customs Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Clearance of ships and aircraft.

“103.—(1) The Certificate of Clearance to be issued to the Master of a ship shall be in accordance with Form 41.

(2) Form 1a, when stamped with an official stamp and signed by the Customs officer, shall constitute the Certificate of Clearance of the Pilot of an aircraft.”.

6. The Schedule to the Customs Regulations is amended by inserting, after Form 1, the following Form:—

“AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS.

Sec. 64. Form 1a.

Reg. 32.

[Front of Form.]

GENERAL DECLARATION.

(Outward/Inward.)

Owner or Operator Flight No.

Aircraft Point of Clearance

[Registration Marks and Nationality] [Place and country]

Date For entry at

[Place and country]

Itinerary of Aircraft.

Airport. Departure Date. Airport. Departure Date.

Official use only.

Time of Departure

Time of Arrival

Passenger

No. of Manifests attached

Cargo

No. of Air Waybills/Consignment Notes attached

Illness (other than airsickness) that has occurred aboard this aircraft during flight

Details of last disinsectization or sanitary treatment—

(Method, Place, Date and Time)

Animals, birds, insects, bacterial cultures or viruses on board

Crew Manifest.

Name In Full. Address in Australia Age. Sex. Nationality. Crew Member’s Certificate or Passport Number. Country of Issue and Date.

I declare that this General Declaration, all statements and particulars contained therein, and in attached manifests and/or air waybills/consignment notes and/or stores list are complete and contain to the best of my knowledge and belief an exact and true account of all—

Crew Passengers Cargo Stores Embarked at Disembarked from Laden on Unladen from the above aircraft.

Signature

Aircraft Commander.

Declared at this day of before me.

(Witness) [over]

[Back of Form.]

Passenger Manifest.

Name in Full. Address in Australia From— To— Age. Sex. Nationality. Passport No. No. of Regs. Owner-Operators Use Only.

Cargo Manifest.

Air Waybill/ Consignment Note No. (if any). Marks and Nos. on Packages. Number of Packages and Description of Contents. From— To— Consignee. Gross Weight. Customs Use Only.

1. Passenger Manifests and Cargo Manifests may be attached hereto. If they are not attached, the full information required in the above manifests must be furnished, if required by the laws and regulations of the country in which this document is filed.

2. If copies of air waybills/consignment notes are attached, their numbers shall be entered on an attached cargo manifest if it is furnished; otherwise, in the column provided in the above cargo manifest.

3. If the airline or operator consolidates a shipment with other shipments, or encloses the goods in other wrappers or containers, either separately or with other goods, the changes in packing and/or marks and numbers must be clearly stated in the air waybill/consignment note.

4. This General Declaration and/or attached manifests or air waybills should not bear erasures or corrections except those approved by the proper public authorities concerned nor contain interlineations or several listings on the same line. As many extra sheets may be added as necessary.

(Note.—Before departure the aircraft commander or authorized agent shall deliver to the public authorities concerned four copies of this General Declaration, one to be signed and returned to the aircraft commander, constituting his outward clearance.

On arrival, the aircraft commander or authorized agent shall deliver to the public authorities concerned five copies of this General Declaration.)

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.